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Lift the flaps to uncover the amazing inner workings of your very own body – from your bones, blood and brain to the bacteria in your belly button. Discover what happens when you eat, how your senses work, what your heart and lungs do and lots more fascinating facts. With links to specially selected websites for activities and videos about the human body.

This entertaining book is bursting with ideas for fingerprinting dinosaurs and other prehistoric creatures. Create scenes with Velociraptors scurrying around a forest, a sky filled with swooping Pteranodons, add plates to Stegosaurs’ backs and much more. With an inkpad of seven bright colours and a spiral binding so that the book lies flat.

Unicorn lovers will adore this magical activity book, filled with unicorns to decorate and fairies and mermaids to dress on every page. Scenes include rainbows in the sky, playing by the sea and lots more. With over 300 reusable stickers of clothes, flowers and accessories, this activity book can be enjoyed time and time again.

Fill a park with all kinds of dogs, add toys and tunnels to a hamster home, fill a field with farm animals and much more in this adorable sticker book. With over 250 stickers of dogs, cats, guinea pigs and lots of other pets to add to the pages. Great for encouraging creativity and developing fine motor skills.

Through the Looking-Glass z podręcznym słownikiem angielsko-polskim (Alicja po drugiej stronie lustra) to kontynuacja przygód Alicji w Krainie Czarów napisanej przez Lewisa Carrolla, wydanej w roku 1871. Świat, w którym znajduje się Alicja wymyka się wszelkim schematom i regułom. Bohaterka przechodząc przez lustro znajdujące się w pokoju trafia do nieznanej nikomu krainy, gdzie natyka się na wiele przedziwnych stworzeń. Rozgrywa bardzo dziwną partię szachów i musi dostać się ...

In Stephen Fry's vivid retelling we gaze in wonder as wise Athena is born from the cracking open of the great head of Zeus and follow doomed Persephone into the dark and lonely realm of the Underworld. We shiver when Pandora opens her jar of evil torments and watch with joy as the legendary love affair between Eros and Psyche unfolds.

Mythos captures these extraodinary myths for our modern age - in all their dazzling and deeply human relevance.

HERE IS A SMALL FACT - YOU ARE GOING TO DIE

1939. Nazi Germany. The country is holding its breath. Death has never been busier.
Liesel, a nine-year-old girl, is living with a foster family on Himmel Street. Her parents have been taken away to a concentration camp. Liesel steals books. This is her story and the story of the inhabitants of her street when the bombs begin to fall.

SOME IMPORTANT INFORMATION - THIS NOVEL IS NARRATED BY DEATH

The finest treasures of ancient Egypt The art of ancient Egypt that has been handed down to us bears no names of its creators, and yet we value the creations of these unknown masters no less than the works of later centuries, such as statues by Michelangelo or the paintings by Leonardo da Vinci. This book introduces some of the most important masterpieces, ranging from the Old Kingdom during the Third millennium BC to the Roman Period. The works encompass sculptures, reliefs...

Black Beauty is a perennial children’s favourite, one which has never been out of print since its publication in 1877. It is a moralistic tale of the life of the horse related in the form of an autobiography, describing the world through the eyes of the creature. In taking this anthropomorphic approach, the author Anna Sewell broke new literary ground and her effective storytelling ability makes it very easy for the reader to accept the premise that a horse is recounting the ...

PRZEJMUJĄCA SAGA O POLSKICH UCHODŹCACH, KTÓRZY W KANADZIE ODBUDOWUJĄ SWOJE ŻYCIE. Kraków, rok 1939. Rodzeństwo Pawulskich - Jerzy, Elżbieta i Jan - cieszy się młodością, nieświadome zbliżającej się katastrofy. Wkrótce II wojna światowa ściąga na Europę mrok tak nieprzenikniony, że nawet ptaki zdają się milknąć. Jan i Elżbieta, a następnie Jerzy, pokonują Atlantyk i przedostają się do Kanady. Wyrwani z rodzinnych stron mierzą się z całkiem nowym, obcym i oszałamiającym światem...

William Morris (1834–1896) was one of the greatest creative figures of the 19th century. As a visionary designer, as well as a manufacturer, writer, artist, and socialist activist, he pioneered the Arts and Crafts movement of the Victorian era, and left an extraordinary influence on architecture, textile, and interior design. This richly illustrated book offers a suitably beautiful introduction to Morris’s colorful life and all aspects of his design work, including interiors...

There are over 1,000 catalogued works by Sir Peter Paul Rubens (1577-1640), the 16th-century flag bearer for Baroque drama, movement, and sensuality. This essential introduction takes in the most important works from this astonishingly prolific oeuvre to explore Rubens's influences and innovations, and his remarkable visual, and art historical, impact. The richly illustrated survey takes in Rubens's portraits, landscapes, and historical paintings, as well as his famed and bou...

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes z podręcznym słownikiem angielsko-polskim (Przygody Sherlocka Holmesa) opublikowane w 1892 roku przez szkockiego pisarza, sir Arthura Conana Doyle’a. Książka zawiera dwanaście opowiadań, w których detektyw z Baker Street rozwiązuje skomplikowane sprawy kryminalne. Jego głównym atrybutem, wykorzystywanym przy rozwiązywaniu wszystkich przypadków jest dedukcja. Niezbędna okazuje się również znajomość psychologii, prawa, chemii, policyjnej kronik...

"It seems safe to say that Capital in the Twenty-First Century, the magnum opus of the French economist Thomas Piketty, will be the most important economics book of the year--and maybe of the decade." --Paul Krugman, New York Times "The book aims to revolutionize the way people think about the economic history of the past two centuries. It may well manage the feat." --The Economist "Piketty's Capital in the Twenty-First Century is an intellectual tour de force, a triumph of...

When at rest, be like the forest. When raiding, be like fire.
Offering ancient wisdom on how to use skill, cunning, tactics and discipline to outwit your opponent, this bestselling 2000-year-old military manual is still worshipped by soldiers on the battlefield and managers in the boardroom as the ultimate guide to winning.

Religion, Renaissance, and Reformation—these three ideologies shaped the world of 16th-century portraitist Hans Holbein the Younger (1497/98–1543), a pivotal figure of the Northern Renaissance, whose skills took him to Switzerland, Belgium, Italy, and England, and garnered patrons and subjects as prestigious as Henry VIII, Thomas More, Anne of Cleves, and Reformation advocate Thomas Cromwell. This book brings together key Holbein paintings to explore his illustrious and inte...

Making sense of revolutionary new forms Abstraction shook Western art to its core. In the early part of the 20th century, it refuted the reign of clear, indisputable forms and confronted audiences instead with vivid visual poems devoid of conventional representational imagery and characterized by allegories of emotion and sensation. This radical artistic adventure established new artistic means, as much as narratives. Expression became characterized by shocking juxtaposition...

Paul Gauguin’s Pacific visions radiate with color and sunshine Paul Gauguin (1848–1903) was not cut out for finance. Nor did he last particularly long in the French Navy, or as a tarpaulin salesman in Copenhagen who did not speak Danish. He began painting in his spare time in 1873 and in 1876 took part in the Paris Salon. Three years later, he was exhibiting alongside Pissarro, Degas, and Monet. A querulous, hard-drinking individual, Gauguin often called himself a savage. Hi...

The soothing classical tunes and beautiful illustrations in this book are a perfect way to lull little children to sleep. The gentle illustrations of nocturnal owls serenading animals include buttons to press to play the tunes, and finger trails and textures to feel on the pages.

This gift edition hardback, presented in a beautiful foiled cloth slipcase decorated with brand new line art by Jonny Duddle, is a perfect addition to any Harry Potter fan's collection. The fourth book in the global phenomenon series that changed the world of books forever 'There will be three tasks, spaced throughout the school year, and they will test the champions in many different ways … their magical prowess – their daring – their powers of deduction – and, of course...

Tomie Kawakami is a femme fatale with long black hair and a beauty mark just under her left eye. She can seduce nearly any man, and drive them to murder as well, even though the victim is often Tomie herself. While one lover seeks to keep her for himself, another grows terrified of the immortal succubus. But soon they realize that no matter how many times they kill her, the world will never be free of Tomie.